Posts Tagged «WiMAX»

Europe, perhaps a little bit embarrassed about being so far behind the US’s deployment of 4G LTE, has announced that it will work together with South Korea to develop the next-gen 5G standard. As you may be aware, though, all of this is much easier said than done: While carriers and marketing bods are keen to move onto 5G for obvious reasons (money!!!), the rest of the industry is still working on LTE and LTE Advanced, with no real intention of moving to 5G any time soon.

On Friday, Sprint released three new LTE devices capable of accessing Sprint’s new LTE networks: its ESMR LTE network, and its 2.5GHz LTE network. The new 2.5GHz network combined with its existing PCS LTE network will finally bring Sprint LTE performance up to (and beyond) levels that users at other operators enjoy.

Think you have a pretty good understanding of LTE? This article takes a deep look into how LTE can be deployed, why LTE is easily deployable, how LTE works as a radio technology, the types of LTE, how LTE affects battery life, what carriers will do with LTE, and the future of 4G as a whole.

Recently, several carriers around the world have begun talking about LTE-Advanced, or at least a few features of LTE-Advanced. Notably, Sprint and T-Mobile in the United States have been quick to mention that they are LTE-Advanced ready. But what exactly is it?

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